(Minghui.org) I have cultivated Falun Dafa for more than ten years. During my years of cultivation, I have experienced the extraordinariness and holiness of Dafa many times. I would like to share my story with my fellow Falun Dafa practitioners to validate the beauty of the practice.
Before I took up the practice, my life was unsatisfactory and my family’s financial situation was unstable. I worked hard all day long and was dragged down by life’s trivial matters. My two children were young. My mother-in-law didn’t help me take care of them and also spoke harshly and irresponsibly to me, which made me physically and mentally exhausted. I often complained about how unfair life was. I felt that everything went well for my peers at work, but I was so unfortunate. At night, I had many bad thoughts. I suffered from insomnia and stayed awake all night long. When I got up in the morning, I’d have a headache and was dizzy.
When I was at my lowest point, I thought about committing suicide to end my hopeless life. I also thought about escaping the difficult home environment by getting a divorce. However, thinking about my two underage children, what would their lives be like without a mother? They would suffer so much and have miserable lives! For my children’s sake, I didn’t get a divorce.
However, unfortunate arrangements kept coming at me: my husband was diagnosed with gastroenteritis and could no longer do heavy work. The farm work, manual labor, and housework all fell to me.
That year, unfortunate events happened one after another: I fractured my right meniscus and went to the hospital for surgery. Although it was a minor surgery, I couldn’t walk normally afterwards. Despite my injury, my father-in-law and mother-in-law still didn’t help with anything. Sometimes they even said nasty words to me. That was the darkest time in my life.
When I was in despair, I happened to read a brochure that my husband brought home. It was about the beauty and supernatural power of Dafa, saying that practitioners are physically and mentally healthy. I had a strong desire to read Dafa books, so I went to a Falun Dafa practitioner I knew and borrowed a copy of Zhuan Falun. I didn’t know much about cultivation at the time, so I read a couple of pages before going to bed and put it down when I felt sleepy.
Gradually I realized that this book is indeed not an ordinary book. The more I read it, the brighter my heart became. Master’s broad and profound Fa-principles drove away the haze in my mind and illuminated my heart.
I understood the meaning of life and that there are karmic relationships between people. Perhaps my mother-in-law treated me badly because I was not good to her in my previous life. Under the guidance of Dafa’s principles, the resentment towards my in-laws for many years melted away. From then on, I decided to start Dafa cultivation and joined a Fa-study group. We studied the Fa during the day and did the exercises at night. Some elderly practitioners did not know how to do the exercises, so I’d stop doing the exercises and taught them patiently. When I went home I’d make up for the exercises I missed. I lived a very fulfilling life.
One day before going to bed, I recited two poems from Hong Yin. I felt my third eye was like a TV screen and it suddenly opened up! Immediately afterwards, I saw layers of pavilions glowing with golden light, with palace maids standing in a row on each side of the pavilion. They were wearing white and transparent dresses and ancient shoes. The scene was so clear and magnificent! There was a tree that I didn’t know the name of, which full of blossoming flowers. They looked like plum flowers. It was so beautiful and bright... When I felt happy, they all disappeared.
From that moment on, I believed that Zhuan Falun is a book from heaven, and I was determined to cultivate.
With constant Fa study and practice, I have come to understand a lot of Fa principles. In daily life, I strictly followed Master’s requirements to be a good person and a better person everywhere I go. I treated everyone well. After understanding the Fa principles, I let go of the resentment I had for my in-law for many years. Instead, I became very grateful to them. Without their harsh words, I may be not have had a chance to obtain Dafa. After cultivating, I realized that their lives were not easy. I took the initiative to care for them. When they could no longer take care of themselves, I had them come live with me and attended to their needs. My life was recreated by Falun Dafa. I always bear Master’s teachings in mind and do my best to think about others with anything I do.
I did my best taking care of in-laws and my mother-in-law often praised me, saying that I treated her better than her own daughter. While I continued to practice the exercises and cultivate my mind, my legs improved quickly.
There are too many extraordinary things that have happened in my cultivation to mention. What I want to say the most is: Thank you, Master!
It was Master’s merciful arrangement that allowed me to obtain Dafa; it was Master who rescued me from my confusion and gave me hope; it was Master’s Dafa that melted away the hatred accumulated for so many years, allowing me to gain physical and mental health through cultivation. All these made me truly feel the incomparable sacredness and extraordinariness of Dafa.
I know that over the past ten years, every step of my improvement of my xinxing is tied to Master’s compassionate protection. As a practitioner, I can only practice more and more diligently to live up to Master’s painstaking efforts to save me. I would also like to thank my fellow practitioners for their selfless help. I also hope that people will see my story, get inspired and quickly understand the truth, and perhaps even begin to practice themselves.
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